Feedback: To avoid a catastrophe, replace Enbridge pipeline now

Jul. 12, 2014

I read with great interest the story about Enbridge’s Line 5 pipeline traversing the Straits of Mackinac and what would happen if there were a pipeline break.

Now is the time to lay down a new line in this crucial segment to avoid a catastrophe. It seems like the cost of a massive cleanup would more than cover the price of replacing it before failure. It also seems to be the environmentally friendly option.

Randy Linna

Canton

The abortion-immigration divide

The increase in young illegal immigrants crossing our border highlights the need for an immigration bill that could provide a bipartisan solution to this threat to our country.

Meanwhile, we ignore the legal but unwanted entry into the U.S. of far greater numbers — not by plane, train or automobile, but via birth. It often seems that those who most strongly object to illegal immigration are the ones who discourage the use of most forms of birth control.

These are legal methods that could reduce the economic threat to our nation posed by so many unwanted babies, who are quite likely to become poorly cared for children and dependent adults.

Bob Ross

Pellston

See immigration problem firsthand

You can’t fix immigration without knowing how your actions affect others. Every member of Congress and the president should spend 10 days patrolling our southern border, 10 days riding with gang and narcotics officers in any major U.S. city and finish with 10 days in their districts holding daily town hall meetings.

The ruling elite always say they know what the American people want without ever asking. A month outside the Washington bubble with their Salvatore Ferragamo boots on the ground mingling with the little people should solve that problem, but I’m not holding my breath.